Ghana - World Health Survey 2003, Wave 0

Reference ID

GHA_2003_WHS_v01_M

Year

2003

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Sponsor(s)

World Health Organization - WHO -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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H-Vignette - Set D Q-17 (q2117d)
File: WHS-Ghana_F5

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 4
Decimals: 2
Range: 1-5

Valid cases: 981
Invalid: 2957

Questions and instructions

Pre question

VIGNETTES FOR HEALTH STATE DESCRIPTIONS
I will now read to you some descriptions of persons with varying levels of difficulties in different areas of health. I would like to know how you view each of these descriptions and rate how much of a problem or difficulty the person described has in that area of health in the same way that you described your health to me. While giving the rating, think of the person as someone who is of your age and background.

Cognition and Self Care
[Sandra] lives on her own and has no relatives or friends nearby. Because of her arthritis, she is house-bound. She often stays all day in the same clothes that
she has slept in, as changing clothes is too painful. A neighbour helps her wash herself.

Literal question

Overall in the last 30 days, how much difficulty did [name of person]
have with self-care, such as washing or dressing himself/herself?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	None	4	0.4%
2	Mild	12	1.2%
3	Moderate	41	4.2%
4	Severe	467	47.6%
5	Extreme	457	46.6%
Sysmiss		2957

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Show and read rating scale to respondent; use in vignettes country specific female/male first names to match sex of the respondent.